Northern Star Award
It was first awarded in 1936, named in honour of Lou Marsh, a prominent Canadian athlete, referee, and former sports editor of the Toronto Star.[6] The award has been awarded 80 times and won by 63 individual athletes and three pairs; in the voting for the 2018 Lou Marsh Trophy, it was decided in the future pairs should not be eligible for the trophy, thereby disqualifying Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir from consideration.[8] In 1982, Rick Hansen was the auxiliary award of special merit winner (he won nine gold medals at the Pan-American Wheelchair Games) alongside first-time winner Wayne Gretzky, "who was the unanimous choice of the selection committee"."[1] Not included in this table are Terry Fox and Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, as their respective wins were based on their social contributions, rather than their participation in a sport in general.Fox was awarded for the Marathon of Hope; Duvernay-Tardif was awarded for opting out of playing in the 2020 NFL season for the Kansas City Chiefs after winning Super Bowl LIV to work as an orderly at a long-term care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec.
Wayne GretzkyathleteLou MarshToronto StarThe Canadian PressFAN590The Globe and MailRogers SportsnetCTV/TSNLa PresseNational PostTessa VirtueScott MoirBarbara Ann ScottWorld War IIsoccerAlphonso DaviesAmerican footballLaurent Duvernay-TardifKurt BrowningDonovan BaileyJacques VilleneuveJamie SaléDavid PelletierMike WeirAdam van KoeverdenSteve NashSidney CrosbyJoey VottoPenny OleksiakLionel Conacher AwardBobbie Rosenfeld AwardPhil EdwardsTrack and fieldMarshal ClelandEquestrianBobby PearceRowingBob PirieSwimmingGérard CôtéMarathonTheo DuboisFigure skatingJoe KrolCanadian footballCliff LumsdonBob McFarlaneMarlene StreitGeorge GenereuxShootingDoug HepburnWeightliftingMarilyn BellBeth WhittallMaurice RichardHockeyLucile WheelerAlpine skiingBarbara WagnerBob PaulAnne HeggtveitBruce KiddDonald JacksonBill CrothersRoger JacksonGeorge HungerfordPetra BurkaElaine TannerNancy GreeneRuss JacksonBobby OrrHervé FilionHarness racingPhil EspositoSandy HawleyHorse racingFerguson JenkinsBaseballBobby ClarkeGuy LafleurGraham SmithKen ReadSandra PostTerry FoxMarathon of HopeSusan NattrassRick HansenWheelchair racingGaétan BoucherSpeed skatingBen JohnsonCarolyn WaldoSynchronized swimmingSilken LaumannMark TewksburyMario LemieuxMyriam BédardBiathlonAuto racingLarry WalkerCaroline BrunetKayakingDaniel IgaliWrestlingCatriona LeMay DoanCindy KlassenChantal PetitclercPatrick ChanChristine SinclairJon CornishKaillie HumphriesBobsleighCarey PriceMikaël KingsburyBianca AndreescuDamian WarnerMarie-Philip PoulinShai Gilgeous-AlexanderSummer McIntosh2020 NFL seasonKansas City ChiefsSuper Bowl LIVorderlylong-term care facilityCOVID-19 pandemic in Quebec